A: This looks like a fungal conk. They are the external growths (often even “artistic”) of funguses that suggest internal ...

Mark Harmon crouches low next to log number 219: a moss-covered western hemlock tree trunk, five meters long, lying dead on ...

Plants – trees, flowers, bushes and grass – are all fair game for the latest Readers Photo Challenge. Here's how to send in ...

Forest ecologist Mark Harmon has been exhaustively examining dead logs for 40 years, and he’s found a complex world few ...

Mushrooms are often overlooked as a potential crop for home gardeners, but in the right conditions, these edible fungi are ...

Cork’s sustainable harvesting process and its biodegradability are two reasons many U.S. winemakers have returned to plugging ...

Oak trees are stately trees that can live for hundreds of years. These are the most common types of native oak trees that ...

There was originally a plan to remove the 200-year-old tree, but the county has chosen to keep it standing with biannual checkups. The 200-year-old live oak outside the Pasco County Courthouse in Dade ...

Denorris “John” Lee was inside his home last Wednesday when a massive live oak tree came crashing down. “It was like a giant shook the house,” Lee recounted. “I was actually on the phone, and I said, ...

SUWANNEE COUNTY, Fla. (WCTV) - A 19-year-old man from Live Oak has died after crashing into a tree in Suwannee County, according to a Florida Highway Patrol press release. Troopers said a sedan ...

But I have lost a mother, and I have almost lost a city, and I can tell you that the feeling of one is similar to the other.